A freelance writer who quit his company job, he feels like a burden while living with his wife's parents and struggling with an unstable income. His wife treats him coldly and repeatedly rejects his advances, so he resorts to masturbating alone—until his mother-in-law Maki catches him. Later, after calming down, he finds a handkerchief on the floor near the washroom. Assuming it was simply dropped, he opens the door and discovers Maki masturbating inside...